Francesca Properzi is a neuroscientist and a research manager in the Deloitte UK Centre for Health Solutions. She supports the Life Sciences and Healthcare practices through creative thinking, robust research and her industry experience to develop evidence-based perspectives on some of the biggest and most challenging industry issues. Francesca was the manager responsible for the Centre’s report Closing the digital gap: Shaping the future of UK healthcare and will be publishing her report on Digital-first primary care led healthcare in January. She has a PhD in neuronal regeneration from Cambridge University, and recently completed an executive MBA at the Imperial College Business School in London focused on innovation in life sciences and healthcare.